VDB
CVE-2018-19211
CVE-2018-19211
PUBLISHED
In ncurses 6.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry in parse_entry.c that will lead to a denial of service attack. The product proceeds to the dereference code path even after a "dubious character `*' in name or alias field" detection.
EPSS 0.27% · 50.4th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.27%
50.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | ncurses | 6.0+20160625-1ubuntu1, 0, 6.1-1ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | ncurses | 5.9+20130608-1ubuntu1, 0, 5.9+20131221-1ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | ncurses | 6.0+20151024-2ubuntu1, *, 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1 |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Nov 12, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19211 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643754 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5477-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19211 third-party-advisory